diff --git a/things/api/things/http/transport.go b/things/api/things/http/transport.go
index c41c5ec5..21181b3b 100644
--- a/things/api/things/http/transport.go
+++ b/things/api/things/http/transport.go
@@ -398,6 +398,10 @@ func encodeError(_ context.Context, err error, w http.ResponseWriter) {
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnsupportedMediaType)
 		case errors.Contains(errorVal, errInvalidQueryParams):
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		case errors.Contains(errorVal, things.ErrRemoveThing):
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		case errors.Contains(errorVal, things.ErrRemoveChannel):
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		case errors.Contains(errorVal, io.ErrUnexpectedEOF):
 			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 		case errors.Contains(errorVal, io.EOF):
diff --git a/things/redis/channels.go b/things/redis/channels.go
index 121bddc6..7bfb3a86 100644
--- a/things/redis/channels.go
+++ b/things/redis/channels.go
@@ -14,14 +14,16 @@ import (
 
 const chanPrefix = "channel"
 
-// ErrRedisConnectChannel indicates error while adding connection in redis cache
-var ErrRedisConnectChannel = errors.New("add connection to redis cache error")
+var (
+	// ErrRedisConnectChannel indicates error while adding connection in redis cache
+	ErrRedisConnectChannel = errors.New("failed to add connection to redis cache")
 
-// ErrRedisDisconnectChannel indicates error while removing connection from redis cache
-var ErrRedisDisconnectChannel = errors.New("remove connection from redis cache error")
+	// ErrRedisDisconnectChannel indicates error while removing connection from redis cache
+	ErrRedisDisconnectChannel = errors.New("failed to remove connection from redis cache")
 
-// ErrRedisRemoveChannel indicates error while removing channel from redis cache
-var ErrRedisRemoveChannel = errors.New("remove channel from redis cache error")
+	// ErrRedisRemoveChannel indicates error while removing channel from redis cache
+	ErrRedisRemoveChannel = errors.New("failed to remove channel from redis cache")
+)
 
 var _ things.ChannelCache = (*channelCache)(nil)
 
diff --git a/things/redis/things.go b/things/redis/things.go
index e69221b7..565e95e8 100644
--- a/things/redis/things.go
+++ b/things/redis/things.go
@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ const (
 	idPrefix  = "thing"
 )
 
-// ErrRedisThingSave indicates error while saving Thing in redis cache
-var ErrRedisThingSave = errors.New("saving thing in redis cache error")
+var (
+	// ErrRedisThingSave indicates error while saving Thing in redis cache
+	ErrRedisThingSave = errors.New("failed to save thing in redis cache")
 
-// ErrRedisThingID indicates error while geting Thing ID from redis cache
-var ErrRedisThingID = errors.New("get thing id from redis cache error")
+	// ErrRedisThingID indicates error while geting Thing ID from redis cache
+	ErrRedisThingID = errors.New("failed to get thing id from redis cache")
 
-// ErrRedisThingRemove indicates error while removing Thing from redis cache
-var ErrRedisThingRemove = errors.New("remove thing from redis cache error")
+	// ErrRedisThingRemove indicates error while removing Thing from redis cache
+	ErrRedisThingRemove = errors.New("failed to remove thing from redis cache")
+)
 
 var _ things.ThingCache = (*thingCache)(nil)
 
@@ -65,6 +67,10 @@ func (tc *thingCache) ID(_ context.Context, thingKey string) (string, error) {
 func (tc *thingCache) Remove(_ context.Context, thingID string) error {
 	tid := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", idPrefix, thingID)
 	key, err := tc.client.Get(tid).Result()
+	// Redis returns Nil Reply when key does not exist.
+	if err == redis.Nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(ErrRedisThingRemove, err)
 	}
diff --git a/things/redis/things_test.go b/things/redis/things_test.go
index d9ca81d7..a88eefe3 100644
--- a/things/redis/things_test.go
+++ b/things/redis/things_test.go
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ import (
 
 	r "github.com/go-redis/redis"
 	"github.com/mainflux/mainflux/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/mainflux/mainflux/things/redis"
 	"github.com/mainflux/mainflux/pkg/uuid"
+	"github.com/mainflux/mainflux/things/redis"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func TestThingRemove(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			desc: "Remove non-existing thing from cache",
 			ID:   id2,
-			err:  r.Nil,
+			err:  nil,
 		},
 	}